Wine Quiz 21 Your score will be displayed at the end of the quiz, along with the correct answers. 1. Which Italian region in this list is home to Prosecco production?TuscanySicilyPiedmontVenetoAlto Adige 2. Retsina is a Greek wine, that is flavoured with what addition?Orange oil Wormwood Stinging nettlesHoneyPine resin 3. The rivulets of wine clinging to the inside of this glass are commonly known by what name? Tears of BacchusWine channels Streams Legs Fingers 4. Great Southern is a wine region in which country?USAAustraliaNew ZealandSouth AfricaEngland 5. If a wine shows signs of ‘VA’ what does that mean?The wine has been approved by the Vintners Alliance The wine shows signs of Volatile Acidity The wine is fizzier than it should be (Variable Atmosphere) The wine is 'Value Added' - better than its price suggestsThe wine comes from vineyards suffering from 'Vine Atrophy' 6. The Jura’s Trousseau grape variety has what unfortunate synonym?Bastardo Stinketo Ditchwater Katzpee Ugly Blanc 7. What is meant by the term ‘green pruning’?Using natural organic compounds to restrict vine growth Removing bunches of grapes from a vine mid-season Burning vine prunings rather than using fossil fuels Pruning back brown wood, until green wood is reached The pruning method for Vinho Verde wines 8. Enter the missing word in the statement below: Sparkling wine produced in Germany is known as 9. Which is the major grape of Spain’s Ribeiro region?Tempranillo Verdejo Treixadura Malvasia Tinto Pais 10. Which country is the world’s largest producer of Icewine/Eiswein?CanadaAustriaJapanGermanySwitzerland 11. The appassimento technique creates which of these wines?ChiantiMarsalaPrimitivoBaroloAmarone 12. Who or what are Demtos, Cadus and Radoux?The Greek Gods of viticulture and wine Organic compounds used in biodynamic winemaking Manufacurers of top quality wine glasses The company that owns Chateau Lafite and Chateau d'Yquem Famous French wine barrel manufacturers 13. Puisseguin is a satellite appellation of which other famous wine region?PomerolSaint-Julien Saint-ÉmilionPauillacSaint-Estephe 14. Where in the world is the Riverina vineyard area?AustraliaGermanyArgentinaRomaniaSouth Africa 15. What famous name lies behind the obscured text in the image below: Made by the company López de Heredia, this label belongs to Viña 16. What’s the odd one out, in terms of wine regional appellations?Duckhorn VineyardsChateau MontelenaRavenswood WineryJoseph Phelps VineyardsSebastiani Winery 17. Drag these wine regions in the correct order, west to east: Bordeaux Gevrey-Chambertin Cahors Saumur Sancerre 18. In Burgundy, who is the sole owner of the monopole vineyard ‘Clos des 60 Ouvrées’?Bouchard Père & Fils Comte Armand Tollot-Beaut La Pousse d'Or Marquis d'Angerville 19. These are just a few of dozens of gadgets claiming to do what? Deliver a specified volume of wine into the glass Remove sulphur from wine Improve the wine by letting it breathe Remove up to 2% of alcohol per pour Make the wine biodynamic 20. Match these countries to the correct wine region:Slovenia SaltaUnselectMaipoUnselectSomloUnselectAlamedaUnselectPrimorskaUnselectArgentina SaltaUnselectMaipoUnselectSomloUnselectAlamedaUnselectPrimorskaUnselectUSA SaltaUnselectMaipoUnselectSomloUnselectAlamedaUnselectPrimorskaUnselectChile SaltaUnselectMaipoUnselectSomloUnselectAlamedaUnselectPrimorskaUnselectHungary SaltaUnselectMaipoUnselectSomloUnselectAlamedaUnselectPrimorskaUnselect Loading...
